Semiclassical cosmology with polymer matter

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AA6455zbMATH Open1368.83013arXiv1705.00398OpenAlexW2593062092MaRDI QIDQ5348182FDOQ5348182

Authors: Syed Moeez Hassan, Viqar Husain 

Publication date: 14 August 2017

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In loop quantum cosmology, polymer quantization is applied to gravity and Schrodinger quantization to matter. This approach misses interesting cosmological dynamics coming from the polymer quantization of matter. We demonstrate this in semiclassical cosmology with a scalar field and pressureless dust: gravity is kept classical, dust is used to fix the time gauge, and polymer quantization effects are isolated in the scalar field. The resulting dynamics shows a period of inflation, both with and without a scalar potential, and the emergence of a classical universe at late times. Since gravity is not quantized, the cosmological singularity is not resolved, but our results suggest that polymer quantization of both gravity and matter are important for a complete picture.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.00398

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmologycanonical gravityloop quantum gravitycosmological singularitypolymer quantizationSchrödinger quantizationsemiclassical cosmology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometry and quantization, symplectic methods (81S10) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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